"a choir full of longing/calls our ships to port/countless lonely voices/like whispers in the dark"

[larryhammer]

I gotta say, I'm impressed in Journey to the West by the author's ingenuity in not repeating his episodes, even when elements are similar enough to fake you out, and at picking up the consequences of events a thousand pages ago -- some of them even done by playing fair with the audience. But that's not what this post is about.

At oracne's request, a mix for you: Drifted. So called because it was initially built by free-associating successive songs, starting with the ocean and returning there. I say initially, because the result was way over an 80-minute CD and in trimming it down I had to adjust the order of a couple tracks. Please comment if you download (while the link lasts).

1. "Sæglópur", Sigur Rós
   
2. "Red Sea, Black Sea", Shearwater
   
3. "Call the Ships to Port", Covenant
   
4. "Red Rain", Peter Gabriel
   
5. "Scar", Joe Henry
   
6. "Black Balloon", Goo Goo Dolls
   
7. "Paper Thin", Carbon Leaf
   
8. "Boy with a Coin", Iron & Wine
   
9. "What Else Is There?", Röyksopp
   
10. "Four Walls", Charlotte Martin
    
11. "Wiggley Fingers", Patty Griffin
    
12. "32 Flavors", Ani DiFranco
    
13. "Endless Dream", Conjure One (feat. Poe)
    
14. "Of Graves", Alexa Wilkinson
    
15. "Artless", Krista Detor
    
16. "Na Liña da Maré", Xosé Manuel Budiño

For that first track, you may want to listen with headphones and the volume turned up, as otherwise you might miss the beautiful but subtle transition a little after 1'50". Sorry 'bout that.

---L.